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Two winners to share record A$106 million Australian lotteryNews Story
A couple from Queensland state and a man from South Australia will share more than A$106 million (US$86 million) as the only jackpot winners in the nation's record lottery drawn last night. Holders of the winning Oz Lotto entries, who asked to remain anonymous, will each take about A$53 million in the second-largest single payouts in Australian lottery history. The previous record jackpot of A$58.7 million was won on a single ticket last year. The first division prize pool, created after 1
Jul 1, 2009, 2:00 am - Lottery News

N.C. town abuzz over $88M Powerball lottery jackpot winNews Story
Powerball ticket worth $88 million was sold in Charlotte area There was one question just about everybody in Kings Mountain, North Carolina, wanted answered Sunday: Who bought the winning Powerball ticket worth $88.1 million? The N.C. Education Lottery announced the only winning ticket from Saturday's drawing was sold in Kings Mountain, a small town 30 miles west of Charlotte. But officials said they do not know the identity of the winner, or where that person lives. Everybody is ta
Jun 22, 2009, 10:03 am - Lottery News

$39M lottery ticket sold at Santa Cruz storeNews Story
One lucky Californian is holding a SuperLotto Plus lottery ticket worth $39 million. It was bought from the Santa Cruz Market on California Avenue in the Circles. No one has stepped forward yet to claim the prize. Store owner Bongkook Choi is beside himself with joy. I can't believe it, said the man who has owned the market for six years. We are so lucky. Lottery officials called him around 9 p.m. Saturday night to report that one person bought the winning ticket with all six Super
Jun 22, 2009, 9:29 am - Lottery News

S.D. Lottery to introduce Powerball winnerNews Story
The mystery Powerball winner will soon be identified. The South Dakota Lottery plans a ceremony Friday afternoon in Pierre to introduce the winner of last week's $232.1 million jackpot. The winning ticket from the May 27 drawing was purchased in the town of Winner, which has two Powerball lottery outlets. It's the ninth-largest Powerball jackpot ever won and the biggest ever paid out in South Dakota.
Jun 5, 2009, 8:08 am - Lottery News

Store gets lots of attention after selling winning lottery ticketNews Story
Crowds of customers packed into Chase's Cigar Store in the Eastwood section of Syracuse Sunday, hoping some lottery luck would rub off on them. A customer at Chase's Cigar Store on James Street purchased the winning Mega Millions ticket worth $35 million dollars last week. Ever since the news broke, business has been booming. I mean that's such a big thing with all of the states that are involved and this is the first time NY State has had a first prize winner, so it puts you on the map,
Jun 1, 2009, 7:47 am - Lottery News

One ticket wins massive $232M Powerball lottery jackpotNews Story
Update 1: May 28, 2009, 10:51 a.m. Update 2: May 28, 2009, 11:22 a.m. Someone is South Dakota has the one winning ticket in Wednesday night's $232.1 million Powerball jackpot. The prize, originally estimated at $222 million, came in higher than expected due to heavy sales around the country. Wednesday's winning Powerball numbers were 5, 6, 12, 16 and 21. The Powerball was 7 and the Power Play multiplier was 3. This is an absolute thrill, said Norm Lingle, executive director of th
May 28, 2009, 7:59 am - Lottery News

One Euro Millions lottery ticket wins €126M jackpot (US$170M)News Story
One lucky lottery ticket from Spain matched 5 lotto numbers plus the two Lucky Stars in Friday's Euro Millions drawing to win a massive jackpot of 126 million (US$170 million). The huge prize was the result of six successive drawings without a winner in the multi-country European lottery game. The winning ticket, worth 126,231,764 (US$170,198,287), was sold in a central Madrid lottery sales office. As one would expect, the winner has not yet been revealed. Government lottery offices nor
May 9, 2009, 5:15 pm - Lottery News

3 lottery players share $225M Mega Millions jackpotNews Story
Three players, in California, Ohio and Virginia, will share the $225 million jackpot from the latest Mega Millions multi-state lottery drawing, taking about $75 million apiece. The next Mega Millions drawing, Tuesday night, will feature a jackpot of $12 million. In addition to the grand prize winners from Friday night's drawing, 21 players, won second prizes of $250,000 apiece: 2 from California, 4 from Illinois, 1 from Maryland, 3 from New Jersey, 9 from New York, and 2 from Texas. The se
May 2, 2009, 10:14 am - Lottery News

Georgia Lottery holds first Weekly WinFall drawingNews Story
The Georgia Lottery held the first of 11 Weekly WinFall drawings, combining the big payout of a raffle game with the drawings of a weekly draw game. The winning numbers for Weekly WinFall are updated at Lottery Post's Georgia Lottery Results page (www.lotterypost.com/results/ga) after each weekly drawing takes place. The first drawing, conducted April 25, awarded 10 prizes of $5,000 to holders of tickets sold in the previous week. Unlike other state raffle games with early bird -style d
Apr 29, 2009, 10:27 pm - Lottery News

Maryland lottery pays out big in Pick 4 gameNews Story
The Thursday Pick 4 midday drawing results of 1-0-2-0 paid out more than $1.5 million in prizes, according to the Maryland Lottery. That's 5 times as much as players spent on Pick 4 tickets for the drawing. The lottery sold $289,723 in tickets for the drawing and rewarded $1.5 million in prizes. In addition, the past two days have been very exciting for Pick 4 players. Add in this week's Tuesday and Wednesday evening drawings, and Pick 4 players have received almost $3 million in prizes fr
Apr 24, 2009, 1:15 pm - Lottery News